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Kentucky Nurse Pleads Guilty to Opioid Diversion Scheme in WV
Jacqueline Brewster, 54, of Belfry, Kentucky, pleaded guilty on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, to obtaining a controlled substance by fraud and wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information. According to court documents and statements made [...]
Nurse practitioner steals drugs from Texarkana federal prison, gets probation
TEXARKANA, Texas – A nurse practitioner was sentenced to one year of probation for stealing prescription drugs from the pharmacy of the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana. During a hearing on Wednesday at Texarkana’s downtown [...]
Florida Nurse Caught Stealing Fentanyl 143 Times in Just One Month
While nurses have access to plenty of drugs, not stealing them is pretty much part of the job description. U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger made an announcement on November 20 about a traveling nurse from [...]
Iowa Hospital nurse accused of drug use temporarily loses license
The Iowa Board of Nursing has suspended the license of a Cedar Rapids nurse it had accused of using methamphetamine and stealing patient medications or supplies. State records indicate that in 2023, Trenton R. Buchanan [...]
Former WakeMed nurse charged with stealing fentanyl IV bag in Raleigh
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A former WakeMed Hospital employee is charged with stealing fentanyl from the hospital. Kellianne Erin McGuire is charged with embezzling/diverting a controlled substance by registrant/employee and obtaining possession of a controlled substance [...]
Former nurse sentenced for stealing leftover fentanyl from Cape Girardeau hospital
A former Cape Girardeau nurse was sentenced Tuesday, Aug. 1, for stealing leftover fentanyl from Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Lindsey Francis, 35, was ordered by U.S. District Judge Stephen N. Limbaugh Jr. [...]
Central Illinois dentist pleads guilty to stealing fentanyl from patients
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS) — A central Illinois dentist pleaded guilty to two counts of drug diversion, two counts of acquiring a controlled substance by fraud, one count of tampering with consumer products resulting in serious [...]
FORMER NURSE INDICTED FOR STEALING FENTANYL & OTHER NARCOTICS – Keys Weekly
A grand jury on Friday, Aug. 2 indicted a former chief flight nurse who worked aboard the county’s Trauma Star life-flight helicopter until her colleages reported missing narcotics and altered inventory logs. A subsequent audit [...]
Former Oregon ICU nurse is arrested on suspicion of replacing fentanyl with tap water
A former intensive care unit nurse has been arrested for allegedly swapping patients' pain medication with tap water, police in Medford, Oregon, announced Thursday. D. M. Schofield faces 44 counts of assault in the second [...]
Iowa surgery center pays $125K to resolve civil drug allegations
A Cedar Rapids surgery center has agreed to pay $125,000 to resolve allegations that it violated civil provisions of the Controlled Substances Act stemming from a criminal case of a nurse stealing fentanyl from the [...]